Journal-bearing for shafts



(No Model.)

' P. MURRAY, Jr

JOURNAL BEARING FOR SHAFTS. N0. 332.81 3. Paten tedDeo. 22, I885.

N. PETERS PhnwLxmoqmphcn Washington. D. c.

UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICEO PETER MURRAY, JR., OF' NEWARK, NEW JERSEY, ASSIGNOR TO HIMSELF, ALFRED N. LEWIS, OF SAME PLACE, AND RICHARD S. T. GISSEL AND ROBERT B. CISSEL, OF ELIZABETH, NEW JERSEY.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 332,819, dated December'22, 1885.

Application filed September 2, 1885. Serial No. 175,985. (No model.)

To all whom, it may concern:

Be it known that I, PETER MURRAY, Jr., of Newark, in the county of Essex and State of New Jersey, have invented certain new and whereby the shafts may be supported in any suitable posit-ion toward the wall, ceiling, or floor, as required; and the invention consists of a lubricator-cup and journal-bearing for the shaft, said cup'being supported by a sleeve I 5 or thimble made adjustable on a rod that is adjustably secured to a socket of a bracketarm attached to the ceiling, wall, or floor. The bracket-arm has a socket in line with its axis, and a second socket at right angles thereto, whereby the adjustable cup-carrying rod can be supported in different positions to the bracket-arm, as required. 7

In the accompanying drawings, Figures 1, 2, and 3 represent side elevations of my improved journal-bearing, shown, respectively,

as applied to the ceiling, wall, or floor.

Similar letters of reference indicate co rresponding parts.

Referring to the drawings. A represents a cast metal bracket-arm with the enlarged base A, which is provided with a fixed center bolt, A that is cast or otherwise attached thereto. The bolt A serves to attach the bracket-arm A to the ceiling, wall, or floor. 3 5 The bracket-arm A is provided with a socket, a, in line with the axis of the same, and with a socket, a, at right angles to the socket a. An adjustable rod, B, is inserted either into the socket a, as shown in Figs. 1 and 2, or into the socket a, as shown in Fig. 2, and then secured by a set-screw, a7, according to the distance at which the shaft D is to be supported from the wall, floor, or ceiling. On the rod B is located an adjustable sleeve or 5 thimble, E, which is screwed thereto by a set-screw, e. The thimbleEis provided with a fixed shank, d, that extends at right angles to the rod B into a socket, d, of the cup 0, within which the journal-bearing D of the shaft is arranged.

The lubricating-cup C is made in any suitable shapesuch as a fish or other suitable object-and provided with an oil-conducting wick, f, and ahinged lid, O, which is adjusted by a set-screw, f, that presses the lid down more or less, so as to regulate the quant-ity of oil supplied to the journal of the shaft D. The lubricating-cup O is secured to the fixed shank d by a set-screw, d by means of which the journal-bearing D may be properly 6o aligned to the shaft.

By the adjustable sleeve E the lubricatingcup 0 and thejourna-lbearing D can be adjusted on the rod closer to or farther away from the bracket-arm A, so that the journalbearing can be adjusted in any relative position to the ceiling, wall, or floor, according to the position required for the shaft, whereby it is especially adapted for automatic fanshafts and similar applications. 7c

Havingthus described my invention, Icl tim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patentl. The combination of a supporting bracket-arm having an enlarged base, a socket in line with the axis of the arm, and a socket at right angles thereto, a rod adjustable in said sockets, an adjustable sleeve or thimble located on said rod, and an oil-cup supported on said sleeve and having a journal-bearing s for the shaft, substantially as set forth.

2. The combination of a supportingvbrack et-arm, A, having an enlarged base, A, and sockets a a, an adjustable rod, B, secured by a set-screw, a to one of said sockets, a sliding 3 sleeve, E, having a set-screw, e, and a fixed shank, d, and a lubricating-cup, 0, connected to a socket, d, and set-screw d" to the shank, and having a journalbearing, D, for the shaft, substantially as set forth.

In testimony that I claim the foregoing as my invention I have signed my name in presence of two subscribing witnesses.

PETER MURRAY, JR.

Witnesses:

CARL KARI, SIDNEY MANN. 

